The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-07-01

mass meeting in the city OF honolulu Oh
the 30th day of June, 1887, do resolve as
follows
That the administration OF the Ha-
waiian Government has ceased, through
corruption and incompetence, Adequatelys
To perform the functions and afford the
protection to personal and property rights,
for which all governments exist
2. That while some Of the evils OF Whlch
we complain cannot be at once adequately
redressed and their recurrence prevented,
and many others are incurable except by
radical changes in the present constitu-
ton. involving protracted delays yet there
are some evils which We feel must be rem
edied at once before a permanent reform
movement can be inaugurated with any
reasonable prospect of success.
3. Holding these views, we request OF
the King:
First-That he shall at once and1ncon-
ditionally dismiss his present Cabinet
from office. and we ask that he shall call
one of these persons, viz, William Il.
Green, Henry Waterhouse, Godfrey Brown
or Mark P. Robinson, to assist him in Sc
lecting a new Cabinet. which shall be COM
mitted to the policy of securing a new
constitution.
Second-That Walter NJ. Gibson shall be
! at once dismissed from each and every
| Office held by. him under the Government
! Third-In order so far as possible to re-
| move the stain now resting on the throne,
we request of the King that he shall cause
| to be made immediate restitution of the
| sum, to wit, seventy-one thousand dollars,
{$71 ,000), recently obtained by him in vio-
! lation of law and of his oath of office, I'M
! der promise that the persons from whom
| the same was obtained should receive the
license to sell opium, as provided by statute
| of the year 1886.
4. Whereas, one JuniIs kaae was i'm
! plicated in the obtaining of said seventy
| one thousand dollars t$71 000) and has
since been and still is retained in office as
| Registrar of Conveyances, weYequest as a
safeguard to the property interests of the
country that said Kaae be at once dis
missed from said office, and that the
records of our land titles be placed in the
hands of one in whose integrity the people
can safely confide.
5. That we request specific pledge from
the King
! ID. That he will not, in the future, in
terfere either directly or indirectly with
the election of representatives.
(2). That he will not interfere with or at
tempt to unGuly influence legislation or
| legislators.
Resolved, that the committee of thir-
| teen
TO WAIT ON THE KING,
Paul Isenberg,
W. w. Hall,
j. A. Kennedy,
w. H. Rice,
Captain J. A. King,
E. B. Thomas,
H. G. Reed,
John Vivas,
w. P. A. Brewer,
W. B. Oleson,
Cecil Brown,
Captain John Ross,
J. B. Atherton,
Is hereby appointed to present the fore.
going resolutions and requests to the King
and said committee is hereby instructed tc
request of the King a personal answer tc
the same be returned within twentv-four
hours of the time when the same are pre-
sented; and to further inform the King
that his neglect to so answer the same
within said time will be construed as a re-
fusal of the said requests.
| Resolved, That said committee, in case
of the Kings refusal to grant said requests
or in case of his neglect to reply to the
| same, is authorized to call another mass
meeting at this place on Saturday, July
I'd, at p. M, to further consider the sit
uation.
Hon. c. r. Bishop then read the follow
ing letter, which he had received from His
Majesty the King about O'Clock that day
Honolulu, June 3d. 1887.
Hon. c. r. Bishop, Member of the House
OF Mobiles, Privy Councillor of State
etc.
My Dear Sir: Reposing especial conf
| dence in your loyalty and sound judgment
as a councillor, and knowing your regard
for our people, we are moved to call upon
you in the present condition of affairs in
| cur Government, to say sthat we have
called upon the Hon. w. L. Green to form
Cabinet and a Ministry which he may
select and which will be acceptable to the
respectable and responsible majority of our
pSOpl0 Will Dc WOlCOIn0 70 US, anu any
guarantees which may be reasonably re-
quired of US under the Constitution and
| laws of our Kingdom will be at once con.
ceded TO such administration.
Your Friend,
| kALAKAUA.
As Mr.. Bishops voice was inaudible in
remote portions of the building, the letter
was reread by the Chairman in louder
tone.
Mr.. w. A. Kinney then read the reso
! buttons in the Hawaiian language
The Chairman intimated that as there
were so many speakers it would be utterly
| impossible to have all the speeches inter
! preted.
The first speaker called upon was
Hon. w. L. Green, who was greeted with
| loud cheers. His remarks, which were
nearly inaudible, were to the effect that
! events had been uncertain during the
! last few days that it had been impossible
to prepare any address, not knowing up to
! the last moment what course they might
take, and the letter from the King had
turned their whole course. The meeting
had assembled to express themselves as to
] the mast and in regard To the furure and